How To Install gpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8. gpm-libs is Dynamic library for gpm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `gpm-libs`

This package contains the libgpm.so dynamic library which contains the gpm system calls and library functions.

We can use yum or dnf to install gpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gpm-libs.

Install gpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gpm-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gpm-libs

Install gpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gpm-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gpm-libs

How To Uninstall gpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the gpm-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gpm-libs

gpm-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/2ecb56e6e82629637d8b1dbc6418ad8774dae1
/usr/lib/libgpm.so.2
/usr/lib/libgpm.so.2.1.0
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/37
/usr/lib/.build-id/37/2fe7a422ad40a209512eff79f58bd96b4e9f87
/usr/lib64/libgpm.so.2
/usr/lib64/libgpm.so.2.1.0

References

gpm-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpm-libs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.